A nursery assistant was sacked after being accused of smacking her own daughter at the Birmingham centre where she was working.

Kyshia Cammock was fired from Little Folks Nursery after allegedly hitting her two-year-old child on the bottom, because she was ‘misbehaving’. But the mum, from Handsworth, is now suing the owners of the Gravelly Hill nursery for unfair dismissal.

The alleged incident was revealed at a Birmingham Employment Tribunal as Miss Cammock sought compensation against her former employers, Mishi Nurseries Ltd.

Owner of the nursery, Jyoti Jaspal, declined to comment, while the case is ongoing.

Little Folks Nursery, Gravelly Hill.

But Mishi Nurseries is fighting the compensation claim and state Miss Cammock was sacked for gross misconduct after the alleged smacking incident, which is against company policy.

The police were informed at the time, the hearing was told, but no action was taken.

Miss Cammock was on a training scheme at the centre when the alleged incident happened. She has accused her employers of favouritism among staff, claiming she had been treated less favourably than others.

At the hearing, the mum said she had been told by management not to deny the smacking accusation because there had been CCTV footage. But it was revealed there was no such footage.

Tribunal judge Victoria Dean said she could not find any reference in a witness statement by Miss Cammock that acknowledged she knew about the firm’s policy against smacking children on the premises.

But Miss Cammock said during the hearing: “I knew I was not allowed to smack a child.”

The nursery owners claimed the mum had been fully aware of the firm’s “behaviour policy” regarding staff.

The case was adjourned to a later date, to allow more evidence to be provided.